Experience

BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Documentaries Editor

  • Dec 2021 - Present

• Presenter

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  Presenter on The Newsroom on BBC World Service and 5Live. Interviewing guests and contributors from the UK and around the world on diverse topics from sport to politics and fashion.



BBC Arabic

• London, United Kingdom

• Investigations Editor

  • Nov 2018 - Present



Freelance

• Senior Training Consultant

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  Experienced consultant worked with a host of blue chip clients and with Government clients on presentation, reputation management and effective delivery of messaging. Experienced consultant worked with a host of blue chip clients and with Government clients on presentation, reputation management and effective delivery of messaging.



BBC Radio Current Affairs

• Investigations reporter

  • Oct 1999 - Nov 2018

  Regular hard hitting investigations for BBC which have national and global impact. Notable stories include investigation into doping in athletics, blacklisting by construction companies and grooming in care homes. I also report for Assignment on BBC World Service and present on The Newsroom BBc World Service's daily 30 minute news programme. Regular hard hitting investigations for BBC which have national and global impact. Notable stories include investigation into doping in athletics, blacklisting by construction companies and grooming in care homes. I also report for Assignment on BBC World Service and present on The Newsroom BBc World Service's daily 30 minute news programme.



BBC Radio

• Technology Presenter

  • 2007 - 2012

  I was the presenter of Click On on Radio 4 bringing a fresh news perspective to technology stories. I was the presenter of Click On on Radio 4 bringing a fresh news perspective to technology stories.



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• News Reporter

  • Jul 1991 - Sep 1999

  I worked on Wato/PM/The World This Weekend and Broadcasting House for BBC Radio 4 conducting in-depth investigations and reporting from the US, Europe, South East Asia and Africa covering stories from the Oklahoma bombing to Ebola outbreak in DRC. I secured numerous exclusives including first interview with prisoner who had broken out of high security Parkhurst prison. I was also a News Correspondent for BBC Newsgathering reporting for BBC Breakfast, BBC News channel and main domestic news bulletins. Show less